The demolition of a historic railway building in Bangor has got underway.

Developer Kingscrown Properties put out a “notice of intended demolition” on the Railway Institute on Euston Road in November 2015, just weeks after plans to convert it into flats were thrown out.

Kingscrown Properties wanted to erect a three-storey building with 27 flats for students but, despite a recommendation that councillors approve the plans, Gwynedd’s planning committee decided to turn it down at a meeting in Dolgellau in October 2015.